ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.6.20 / module / template Templates a file out to a remote server | "added in version" historical of ansible.builtin" Authors: Ansible Core Team, Michael DeHaan stableinterface | supported by coreansible.builtin.template (v2.6.20) — module
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Install with pip install ansible==2.6.20
Templates are processed by the Jinja2 templating language (U(http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/)) - documentation on the template formatting can be found in the Template Designer Documentation (U(http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/templates/)).
Six additional variables can be used in templates: C(ansible_managed) (configurable via the C(defaults) section of C(ansible.cfg)) contains a string which can be used to describe the template name, host, modification time of the template file and the owner uid. C(template_host) contains the node name of the template's machine. C(template_uid) is the numeric user id of the owner. C(template_path) is the path of the template. C(template_fullpath) is the absolute path of the template. C(template_run_date) is the date that the template was rendered.
# Example from Ansible Playbooks - template: src: /mytemplates/foo.j2 dest: /etc/file.conf owner: bin group: wheel mode: 0644
# The same example, but using symbolic modes equivalent to 0644 - template: src: /mytemplates/foo.j2 dest: /etc/file.conf owner: bin group: wheel mode: "u=rw,g=r,o=r"
# Create a DOS-style text file from a template - template: src: config.ini.j2 dest: /share/windows/config.ini newline_sequence: '\r\n'
# Copy a new "sudoers" file into place, after passing validation with visudo - template: src: /mine/sudoers dest: /etc/sudoers validate: '/usr/sbin/visudo -cf %s'
# Update sshd configuration safely, avoid locking yourself out - template: src: etc/ssh/sshd_config.j2 dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config owner: root group: root mode: '0600' validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s backup: yes
src: description: - Path of a Jinja2 formatted template on the Ansible controller. This can be a relative or absolute path. required: true dest: description: - Location to render the template to on the remote machine. required: true mode: description: - Mode the file or directory should be. For those used to I(/usr/bin/chmod) remember that modes are actually octal numbers. You must either specify the leading zero so that Ansible's YAML parser knows it is an octal number (like C(0644) or C(01777)) or quote it (like C('644') or C('0644') so Ansible receives a string and can do its own conversion from string into number. Giving Ansible a number without following one of these rules will end up with a decimal number which will have unexpected results. As of version 1.8, the mode may be specified as a symbolic mode (for example, C(u+rwx) or C(u=rw,g=r,o=r)). As of version 2.6, the mode may also be the special string C(preserve). C(preserve) means that the file will be given the same permissions as the source file. type: raw force: default: 'yes' description: - the default is C(yes), which will replace the remote file when contents are different than the source. If C(no), the file will only be transferred if the destination does not exist. type: bool group: description: - Name of the group that should own the filesystem object, as would be fed to I(chown). - When left unspecified, it uses the current group of the current user unless you are root, in which case it can preserve the previous ownership. type: str owner: description: - Name of the user that should own the filesystem object, as would be fed to I(chown). - When left unspecified, it uses the current user unless you are root, in which case it can preserve the previous ownership. - Specifying a numeric username will be assumed to be a user ID and not a username. Avoid numeric usernames to avoid this confusion. type: str backup: default: 'no' description: - Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly. type: bool follow: default: 'no' description: - This flag indicates that filesystem links in the destination, if they exist, should be followed. - Previous to Ansible 2.4, this was hardcoded as C(yes). type: bool version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin serole: description: - The role part of the SELinux filesystem object context. - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(role) portion of the policy if available. type: str setype: description: - The type part of the SELinux filesystem object context. - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(type) portion of the policy if available. type: str seuser: description: - The user part of the SELinux filesystem object context. - By default it uses the V(system) policy, where applicable. - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(user) portion of the policy if available. type: str selevel: description: - The level part of the SELinux filesystem object context. - This is the MLS/MCS attribute, sometimes known as the C(range). - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(level) portion of the policy if available. type: str validate: description: - The validation command to run before copying the updated file into the final destination. - A temporary file path is used to validate, passed in through '%s' which must be present as in the examples below. - Also, the command is passed securely so shell features such as expansion and pipes will not work. - For an example on how to handle more complex validation than what this option provides, see R(handling complex validation,complex_configuration_validation). type: str attributes: aliases: - attr description: - The attributes the resulting filesystem object should have. - To get supported flags look at the man page for I(chattr) on the target system. - This string should contain the attributes in the same order as the one displayed by I(lsattr). - The C(=) operator is assumed as default, otherwise C(+) or C(-) operators need to be included in the string. type: str version_added: '2.3' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin trim_blocks: default: 'yes' description: - If this is set to True the first newline after a block is removed (block, not variable tag!). type: bool version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin lstrip_blocks: default: 'no' description: - If this is set to True leading spaces and tabs are stripped from the start of a line to a block. Setting this option to True requires Jinja2 version >=2.7. type: bool version_added: '2.6' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin unsafe_writes: default: false description: - Influence when to use atomic operation to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target filesystem object. - By default this module uses atomic operations to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target filesystem objects, but sometimes systems are configured or just broken in ways that prevent this. One example is docker mounted filesystem objects, which cannot be updated atomically from inside the container and can only be written in an unsafe manner. - This option allows Ansible to fall back to unsafe methods of updating filesystem objects when atomic operations fail (however, it doesn't force Ansible to perform unsafe writes). - IMPORTANT! Unsafe writes are subject to race conditions and can lead to data corruption. type: bool version_added: '2.2' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin block_end_string: default: '%}' description: - The string marking the end of a block. version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin newline_sequence: choices: - \n - \r - \r\n default: \n description: - Specify the newline sequence to use for templating files. version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin block_start_string: default: '{%' description: - The string marking the beginning of a block. version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin variable_end_string: default: '}}' description: - The string marking the end of a print statement. version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin variable_start_string: default: '{{' description: - The string marking the beginning of a print statement. version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin